A family of simple benzene 1,3,5-tricarboxamide (BTA) aromatic carboxylic acid hydrogels

Richard C T Howe; Adam P Smalley; Alexander P M Guttenplan; Matthew W R Doggett; Mark D Eddleston; Jin Chong Tan; Gareth O Lloyd

doi:10.1039/c2cc37428e

A family of simple benzene 1,3,5-tricarboxamide (BTA) aromatic carboxylic acid hydrogels

Richard C T Howe, Adam P Smalley, Alexander P M Guttenplan, Matthew W R Doggett, Mark D Eddleston, Jin Chong Tan, Gareth O Lloyd

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Abstract

We present the characterisation of a hydrogel forming family of benzene 1,3,5-tricarboxamide (BTA) aromatic carboxylic acid derivatives. The simple, easy to synthesise compounds presented here exhibit consistent gel formation at low concentrations through the use of a pH trigger.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	4268-4270
Number of pages	3
Journal	Chemical Communications
Volume	49
Issue number	39
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1039/c2cc37428e
Publication status	Published - 2013

Keywords

MOLECULAR-WEIGHT HYDROGELATORS
FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS
SUPRAMOLECULAR GELS
ORGANOGELS
ARCHITECTURE
GELATION
NETWORKS
DELIVERY
CRYSTAL
DESIGN

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